Getting over the loss of a loved one is a very difficult task indeed.   Human beings seek out all sorts of activities to help them deal with their grief.   We have wakes and funeral services and then invite folks back to our homes or a favorite restaurant to share a small meal and talk about the person who has just passed.   The idea is to give some final meaning to a life which has just ended and also to help us deal with our grief.   But I don't think I can come up with a better way to keep occupied while really commemorating a person's life than to pull out all your supplies and tools and put together a scrapbook with all those loose pictures you have laying around.

It seems other folks are finding the same technique helps them deal with their grief.   The Naples Sun Times reports a new trend of grieving families putting together scrapbooks as a form of art therapy.

The act of creating a scrapbook for a recently deceased person involves culling through all those piles and books of photographs, rummaging through drawers to pull out, for example, playbills or tickets for a show you enjoyed together, and piecing together aspects of the person's life you shared.   Memory fades as time passes and our memories of a person are never quite as sharp as they are immediately after they pass.   This is an excellent way to really remember all the fun times you had together.   And in commemorating the life of a loved one, you are solidifying your own memories while creating something you and your family can look back over for the remainder of your lives.   If you heal yourself in the process, so much the better!